And this, along with several other reasons, is why I dream of living in the UK!
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NICE MOVES!
Was this pre- āMain street openā procedures?
And you havenāt even mentioned one of my pet peeves about living in the United States, and thatās the unwillingness (medicine excepted) to switch to the Metric System!
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I thought the same thing!
We are as confused as you. Speed signs in mph, fuel consumption mpg, fuel soldā¦in litres. Oil sold in gallons. Objects sold by weight in grams to tonnes but also by cwt, people weighed in stone and pounds. Height measured in feet and inches, shoe sizesā¦no idea actuall. Area usually measured in metres but land sold in acresā¦and then we have nautical milesš.
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My job here in the US involves real estate law involving properties located in all 50 states which is (of course) all different, because God forbid a mortgage or credit card judgment in Florida expire after the same number of years as a mortgage or credit card judgment in Maine! It makes my head hurt everyday 
I love America, but it gets weird over here sometimes.
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For what its worth, I heard ( this could be a rumor) that a lady put herself through nursing school as a server at cinderellaās royal table, and still continued to work there every weekend, because she made more in tips than she did working as a registered nurse. So I can almost guarantee the servers at disney world are not hurting. I also was a server and worked my way through nursing school, so I am all for tipping but I still donāt think anyone should be forced to tip 20%. I was always grateful for anything over 15% and I think servers need to earn that tip. Also in California where I am from everyone gets the same minimum wage. servers are not paid a lesser wage here.
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